Shower ring



June 6, "1939. o. w. HOLDEN 2,161,047

' SHOWER RING Filed March 16, 195 8 P ated June 5, 1939 UNITED 517.31E's PATENT OFFICE snowea RING Orloi! W. Holden, Chicago, Ill.,assignor to Knickerbocker Rubber Company, Chicago, 111., a corporatiohof Illinois Application March 16, 1938, Serial No. 196,122

9 Claims.

splashing off away from the body of the user,

will allow a free unobstructed flow of the water" from the perforationsat '.all points about the 15 ring, and will tend 'to remain in a flatcondition without sagging when being handled and used while yieldingreadily, from a circular to'an oval shape under "lateral pressure. 0

While the foregoing statements are indicative in.a general way of thenature of the invention,

90 other more'specific objects and advantages will be apparent to thoseskilled in thevart upon a full understanding of the construction of theim--,

proved ring.

' A preferred embodiment of the invention is 25 presented herein for thepurpose of exempliflcation, but it will of course be appreciated thatthe invention is susceptible of embodiment in otherstructurally-modified forms coming equally within the scope of theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a top plan view of a shower ring con structed in accordancewith the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical diametric section through the ring, taken on theline 2- -2 of Fig.1;

35 Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side view of a portion .of the ring at thelocation of the hose connection, viewed from 'the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view'of the ring at 'the location of thedetachable connectlon between the two semi-circular sections, showingthe sections detached; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section through one side of the ring. The portableshower ring shown in the drawing is made of rubber tubing, in twosemi-circm lar sections l0 and II. Thering' is of. such size as to slipeasily over the head of the user and rest upon the shoulders. Thesections II and ii are connected at one side of the ring to a T-- shapedmetal fitting 1.2. which nttingis-adapted to be connected toa waterfaucet by means of a longrubber hose 13-. 'lhe"sections]arcrcoupled Itogether at the pposite side or the by 1 means of resilientlyinternttlngsnapimproved ring which will keep the water from (Cl. 4-157)and I5 which are attached to wooden members l6 plugged into the ends ofthe sections.

The tubing is of octagonal cross-y-section, as shown in Fig. 5, althoughit may be of any other desired cross-section, and is provided with a 6-large number of small'jet-discharging' perforations ll, whichperforations are all preferably located in'the same plane and aredirected in-' wardly and downwardly at an angle of about 45.

'I'he tubing is provided at its bottom with an integrally formeddownwardly extending flange- ]ikerib l8. This rib is'located outwardlyof the perforations, with-its lower edge well below the level of theperforations. The inner and outer sides of the rib l8- are preferablyprovided with];

minute corrugations I9 which extend circum-. ferentially of the ring.While the rib'l8 is pref erably located in line with the center of thetub-.-- ing it could of course be located toward the outside of thetubing with measurably good. results. 'The rib I8 serves severalpurposes. It forms an anti-splash shield which prevents the jets ofwater from the perforations l'l splashing away from the body afterstriking it. It keeps the perforated portion of the tubing from having.to support the ring, thus allowing a free unobstructed flow of the waterfrom the perforations at all points about the ring. It afl'ords'considerable rigidity to the ring in such a manner as to keep the latterfrom sagging from its 30 initially flat condition, while at the sametime permitting the ring to yield readily from a circular to an ovalshape upon lateral pressure. The. corrugations on the ring help to keepthe latter on the shoulders. x

' The .snapbuttons I4 and I5 permit the two from slipping from anyposition in which placed a semi-circular sections Ill and II of the,ring to be easily separated or coupled together, with the result thatafter the water has been turned on and adjusted to the right temperaturethe ring can be easily placed about the neck without having to beslipped over the head, thereby all'owing'the hair to be kept dry andalso permitting instant removal or the ring should an unexpectedincrease in the temperature of the water make removal necessary.

Iclaim: .7 1. A tubular shower-ring provided with a large I number ofjet-discharging perforations, and' a i flange-like rib at the bottom ofthe ring outwardlyv or the perforations with the lower edge of the ribwell below the level of the perforations-..

. ii. rubber shower ring provided with perforations with the lower edgeof the rib well below the level of the perforations. e

3. A tubular rubber shower ring provided with a large number of inwardlyand downwardly directed jet-discharging perforations, and an integrallyformed flange-like riblocated at the 1 center of the bottom of the ringoutwardly of the perforations with the lower edge of the rib well -sideof the ring.

below thelevel of the perforations, said fibbeing V provided on itsinner and outer surfaces with circumferentially extending corrugations.

4. A tubular rubber shower ring provided with a large number of inwardlyand downwardly directed jet-discharging perforations, and an in-,

tegrally formed flange-like rib located at the center of the bottom ofthe ring outwardly of the perforations with the lower edge of the ribwell below the level of the perforations, said ring 7 being composed oftwo semi-circular sections which are detachably coupled together at one5. In a device of the class described, a tubular ring having a waterinlet and a series of jet discharge openings about a wall thereof, saidring also having a fending rib extending downwardly exterior to andsurrounding the jet openings, the

ring adapted to embrace the neck with the rib resting upon the shouldersof the bather.

' 6. In a device ,of the class described, a tubular ring having a waterinlet and a series of closely adjacent jet discharge openings about. thewall thereof directed downwardly, said ring also having an integral ribextending terior to and surrounding the jet openings, the

ring adapted to embrace the neck with the rib resting upon the shouldersof the bather.

7. In a device of the class described, a tubular 5 rubber ring having awater inlet at one side and a series of minute jet discharge openingsabout a wall thereof directed inwardly and downwardly, said ring alsohaving an integral cylindrical rib extending downwardly exterior to andsurround- 1o jet openings, the ring adapted to'eming the brace the neckwith the rib resting upon the shoulders of the bather.-

8. In a device of the class described, a tubular,'

rubber ring having a water inlet at one side and a series of closelyadjacent minute jet discharge openings, about a wall thereof anddirected inwardly and downwardly, said ring also having an integralcylindrical fending rib extending downwardly exterior to andsurrounding'the jet openso ings and forming a downward projection of thering, the ring adapted to embrace the neck with the rib resting upon theshoulders of the bather.

9. In a device of the class described, a tubular rubber ring having awater inlet at one side and 25 a series of closely adjacent minutejetdischarge openings about the inner and lower wall thereof, said jetsinwardly and downwardly directed,

said ring also having an integral cylindrical fending rib extendingdowwardly exterior to and sur- 0 rounding the jet openings and forming adownward projection of the exterior wall of the ring,

the. ring adapted to embrace the neck with the rib resting upon theshoulders of the bather.

ORIDFF W. HOLDEN.

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